On 27th February Meadows Adviser, Rory Johnson, headed up into Shropshire to deliver a workshop on winter management practices for recently restored swards to a group of farmers and farm advisers at Barns Farm. The event was delivered in collaboration with Buglife who carried out extensive grassland restoration works at this recently acquired National Trust property last autumn as part… Read more →
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Flower rich meadows: where to begin?
If you are curious about creating a wildflower meadow but uncertain how – or perhaps even why – to begin, there are some brilliant resources available online to guide you through the very basics. Vicky Bowskill, farmland ecology researcher and writer of the blog “Tales from the Quadrat”, has created a short video to describe why meadows are such vital… Read more →
Virtual Seedling Safari – 16th April 2020- with Matt Pitts of Plantlife
Thanks to everyone who joined the virtual safari on a sunny afternoon from home offices on 16th April 2020 while we are unable to meet on farm as a Group . The silver lining is that we were able to visit many more meadows in one afternoon than would have been possible otherwise. We ranged across Herefordshire from Shenmore, Madley,… Read more →
Wildflower seedling safari 2 with Matt Pitts from Plantlife
This is a virtual farm walk for anyone who sowed seed in 2019 and has seedlings emerging at the moment. We will look at photos from members meadows and Matt Pitts, Meadow Adviser from Plantlife will be on hand to ID seedlings and give advice on management of your meadow in the early months, including maintaining the balance between wildflower… Read more →